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China, Nigeria lead world Bitcoin transactions in 2017

by FRANK ELEANYA & OLADIPO OLADEHINDE

December 21, 2017 | 1:34 am

China and Nigeria lead the world’s peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin transactions in the year 2017 outpacing major European countries, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, according to data from LocalBitcoins.com. Despite the clampdown on bitcoin exchanges and orders for start-ups that embarked on initial coin offerings (ICOs) to return investors’ money in China…